Were you spotted in the away end?

A brilliant sell-out away crowd roared Boro on at Turf Moor, with 2,358 making the trip to Lancashire.

Were you spotted by our snapper?

09:41Jonathon Taylor

A bad day that could have been a lot worse

I know, Boro should take care of their own business rather than looking at results elsewhere.

But that’s the little consolation that can come out of yesterday, with Hull City, Swansea and Sunderland all losing, and Crystal Palace dropping points. Four points above the drop zone - that’s OK at this stage of the season.

09:31Jonathon Taylor

Sean Dyche on beating Boro and Gray's winner

I have to say, Sean Dyche was fairly magnanimous after the game. The ‘war of words’ than engulfed last season’s game was non-existent this time around.

Not that it meant there wasn’t a spice on the pitch, mind. 11 bookings! I spoke to the Burnley manager afterwards and here’s what he said:

“(Boro) put loads of bodies behind the ball, and they’ve done very well with that, I must make it clear. If you look at their record away from home they are 10th best (in the division), they’d only lost twice.

“So they’ve shown they can go on the road and we’re still trying to piece that together, but our home form is very good . So we’re trying to find the balance.

“It was a close one. In the end we’ve got the three points and over time we’ve found a way of doing that.

“Barnes had a chance in the first half where the keeper made a save, Boyd did too, and we had a penalty not given. I don’t know the referee’s position, it was a tough one to see but I’ve seen it after on a monitor and it was a penalty.”

In fairness, it was a penalty - Marney’s flick definitely hit Chambers on the hand.

The gaffer's staying positive

After speaking to the press, Karanka logged on to Twitter to spread his post-match message.

And he’s trying to remain upbeat.

09:19Jonathon Taylor

A horror moment for Victor Valdes

He’s been excellent in recent weeks, and has saved Boro a handful of points on his own. The saves at Arsenal and Man City, the point-blank one against Bournemouth - all crucial.

But he’ll have nightmares about yesterday as Gray’s volley slithered under him. A good hit, yes, but should be an easy save. Karanka says no blame for the Burnley defeat can lie at his goalkeeper’s door.

“No, I don’t have ‘responsibles’ in my team,” Karanka responded when asked about Valdes’ role in Gray’s goal.

“We win as a team and lose as a team. Victor is an amazing keeper, you don’t have to look at when he played in Barcelona, just look at the last month where he’s saved us a lot of times.

“So I can’t understand why we have to criticise Victor Valdes.”

Victor Valdes of Middlesbrough

09:16KEY EVENT

Karanka frustrated by Burnley's 'long ball' goal

That was the biggest frustration at the final whistle - Burnley’s goal was very simplistic in its nature.